Boxerwood Gardens: Nature Center and Woodland Garden

Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden

What's Blooming in May?

Rhododendrons, and azaleas are the stars of the show this month, but other trees, shrubs, and flowers are spectacular.

The Rhodies come in many colors:
r pink
r purple
r white

Azaleas are close cousinsa gibraltar
Gibraltar Exbury Azalea
a canadensis
Azalea canadensis
a refrain
Azalia 'Refrain'

Other shrubssummer snow detail
Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake'
viburnum snowball
Viburnum macrocephalum (Chinese snowball viburnum)
vib lanarth
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Shasta'
lilac sensation
Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation' (Lilac)

And flowersallium
Allium
bleedingheart
Bleeding Heart
centura
Centura Montana
clematis pink
A pink Clemetis
clematis white
A white Clemetis
columbine pink
A pink Columbine
dames rocket
Dame's Rocket
geranium
A woodland Geranium
honeysuckle
Honeysuckle
yellow flag iris
Iris Yellow Flag - look for these in the wetlands
lamium
Lamium groundcover
lily
Lily of the Valley
star of bethlehem
Star of Bethlehem
sweet woodruff
Sweet Woodruff

 

Walk around the garden to enjoy the rhodies in the landscape!

janet blair
The front lawn's rhodies and Japanese Maples
rhodie and viburnum by the pond
Rhodies and Shasta Viburnum
rhodie and viburnum leaping
On the other side of the pond